Benjamin NetanyahuFighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International TerroristsIn this innovative and concise work, Israeli politician Benjamin Netanyahu offers a compelling approach to understanding and fighting the increase...

Neil MacGregor Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them. Encompassing...

Amanda ForemanThe winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate...

Vera BrittainFor nearly a decade I have wanted; with a growing sense of urgency; to write something which would show what the whole War and post-war period — roughly; from...

David ThomsonEurope Since Napoleon (Pelican) Readings and activities designed to help students improve their comprehension and response skills. Classroom–tested lessons include brief reading selections followed by constructed response and multiple–choice...

Author: Herman Wouk Herman Wouk has ranged in his novels from the mighty narrative of The Caine Mutiny and the warm, intimate humor of Marjorie Morningstar to the global panorama...

Nick Yapp (Editor) Experience 1000 years of French history through this expertly edited book by Nick Yapp. Gain insight into remarkable events and achievements that shaped the country's cultural and...

Ken Krimstein An NPR Best Book of the YearA Washington Post Best Book of the YearA Chicago Tribune Fall "Best Read"An Alma most anticipated book of NovemberFrom the prize-winning author...

Michael RothbergLiterary Theory/Cultural Studies Analyzes the impact of historical trauma on contemporary culture. How to approach the Holocaust and its relationship to late twentieth-century society? While some stress the impossibility...

Anne Sebba New York Times bestselling author Anne Sebba's moving biography of Ethel Rosenberg, the wife and mother whose execution for espionage-related crimes defined the Cold War and horrified the...

Philippe Sands   A uniquely personal exploration of the origins of international law, centring on the Nuremberg Trials, the city of Lviv and a secret family historyWhen he receives an...

Allegra KentOne of the greatest of George Balanchine's ballerinas, Allegra Kent joined the New York City Ballet at the age of fifteen and only two years later inspired Balanchine's "The...